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than you add the multiple Kinzal from MIG-31. the importance of two unlikely platforms Su-25 and MIG-31.( low and high altitude). both are long airframe live low G platforms.
it is just Ukraine didnot have kind of airpower that would needed sustain engagement of MIG-31.
MIG-31 intercepting both high and low altitude cruise missile and integration of R74.
we are entering time where importance of airpower is increasing on order of magnitude greater than any other Naval or Land platforms.

There have been two explosions in Bryansk. One is at the oil refinery there and is supposedly spreading past the facility. The other is reported at the military base.


There are no indications as to what caused the explosions and fires as yet. That critical infrastructure and the military base have been hit make the explosions and subsequent fires a little, as the kids used to say, sus.

And the explosions have been geolocated to the oil refinery and a military base:


If it were one or the other, I'd say someone did something stupid, but when it is both, I suspect someone did something rather well.


edit: Seems have developed into a nasty cloud there. (dawn in Bryansk)

Russian Su-34 hitting the ground in Ukraine video below

The moment when the Su-34 hitt the ground the 2 pilots ejected safely

redion said:

Russian Su-34 hitting the ground in Ukraine video below

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1518547246400389123

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First use of falling leaf maneuver in real combat?

Russia begins batch production of S-500 Prometheus air defense system​

The S-500 was designed to hit all existing and future aerospace attack weapons of a hypothetical enemy within a wide range of altitudes and speeds



MOSCOW, April 25. /TASS/. Russia’s newest missile air defense system S-500 Prometheus, developed by the Almaz-Antey concern, has begun to be batch-produced and will be provided for the armed forces within the deadlines established under the state defense order, the company’s CEO, Yan Novikov, has said.
"At the moment, the S-500 system, boasting the latest achievements in domestic science and engineering, has begun to be batch-produced. Its combat capabilities surpass by far those of the previously created air defense systems. The S-500 may well become the backbone of Russia’s aerospace defense. It will be delivered to the armed forces within the deadlines established under the state defense order," Novikov told National Defense magazine in an interview on the occasion of the company’s 20th anniversary. Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov said on September 16, 2021, that the S-500 would begin to be supplied to the armed forces upon completion of government certification tests. Earlier, in July 2021 the Defense Ministry said that the S-500 had carried out test combat launches at the Kapustin Yar proving ground. The expected tactical and technical parameters were confirmed.
The S-500 was designed to hit all existing and future aerospace attack weapons of a hypothetical enemy within a wide range of altitudes and speeds. It is to replace its predecessor S-400 Triumf.
The 100% state-owned Almaz-Antey Air and Space Defense Corporation is a Russian group of enterprises that develops and manufactures aerospace and antimissile defense weapons and other products. Headquartered in Moscow. The concern’s products are in service in Russia and more than 50 other countries.

Colombian dude, part of a Spanish socialist contingent, fighting with DPR militia.



Other dudes...

TerraN_EmpirE said:

still on the Brandon video which as a civilian weapon would be valid. But as a military you are correct. The Galil Ace military model has that two… but is also retains the original removable gas tube.
Which is funny again as despite welding the gas tube in place it doesn’t seem to have followed by a rail system that actually serves to modernize the weapon in a effective way. … and if parts aren’t available any more?
Look In the video I posted the weapon was ranged and matched the Kalashnikov consortium performance. However the main points of issue were the parts that were not replaced. Which is the flaw with your argument. The hand guard dust cover stock latch. The bolt? The bolt of the AK12 hasn’t changed since the AK74, the barrel? Hasn’t changed. It’s basically the same weapon in a new skin. feed back we will never hear. Because that’s how it works…
You know what I take that back. Because we do have feedback, in the form of the AK12 found abandoned or captured with the selector broken. All of them lacking any sights, or accessories. Making them little better than the AK74M.
That Photos of Russian elite units for the last 4 years don’t show AK12 but AK74M with Zenet co aftermarket rails. Even Wagner group head by a confirmed NeoNazi.

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It seems that most troops whom manage to get access to the ak12 and happen to have the opportunity to get the optics tend to use the standard issued holo. I have seen footage and photos of regular grunts riding on BMP whom are issued with ak12, the ones that are issued the ak12 have a decent chance of using the standard issued holo sight. Generally the average grunts will not be upgrading the 74m, so if we do see service rifles with optics on them, it is usually the KM-AK upgrade kit which is government issued for 74ms to modernize the furniture along similar lines of the ak12, or the actual ak12.

In this war not only have we also seen standard issued KM-AK kits for the 74M, and what you mentioned with the non standard customized ak74ms used by special forces and some militia elements. There is also the cheap solution for the 74m where you just make use of the standard side rail, handgurd, or even the rear sight which has been posted here already too. I will just include some of the ak12 photos I have, I think it should suffice to demonstrate that optics are indeed used with them, there are more photos out there too. Though of course the proliferation of these optics obviously does not compare to the US military, it's more similar to China in this sense; albeit it's far more frequent than a decade ago and to be fair we're talking about a military run on a shoe string budget, especially on categories such as infantry where it's already a big thing within the last decade that we see grunts equiped with modern armor and other equipment.

T-90 spotted in Ukraine.